How To Make Slime Without Borax

How To Make Slime Without Borax

What is Slime

What is slime? Our world is full of slime makers. Slugs make gooey trails. Bacteria create slippery slime in pipes. Slime in your joints helps protect your bones. Slime is between a solid and  liquid. It’s a non-Newtonian fluid. You can make it right at home. 

What is slime used for?

Slime doesn’t have many reasons. When you make slime, you can use it to clean small corners, but if it cleans, you have to make more and cant wash it out. If you poke it with your fingers, it makes a satisfying squishy sound. Some people say that sound makes their ears tingle and help them sleep. This is called ASMR. Autonomous sensory meridian response.

How to make slime without borax

Slime is here to stay. As an easy-to-make craft that keeps kids occupied, it's no wonder slime recipes are breaking the internet. But many parents are concerned about some of the ingredients in typical slime recipes — namely, borax.

In 2017, Romper reported on an incident where an 11-year-old girl was hospitalized for third degree burns on her hands after making a slime recipe using borax.

Parents everywhere are rightfully concerned about the safety of the ingredients in their kids' slime.

1. Elmer's Colored Slime

Elmer's gave Romper a easiest recipe and  traditional or colourful slime. It's a classic recipe that is simple and quick.

Here's what you'll need:

• 1/2 tablespoon of baking soda
• 1 tablespoon of contact solution
• 1 fluid ounce of Elmer’s White School Glue
• Your choice of food coloring

Here's how it's done:

• Find a bowl to mix your slime.
• Pour out the entire contents of a 4 ounce bottle of Elmer’s White School Glue into the bowl.
• Add 1⁄2 tablespoon of baking soda and mix.After mixing, add your choice of food coloring.
• Mix and/or add more food coloring until you achieve the color you want.
• Add 1 tablespoon of contact solution.
• Mix slime until forms and it begins to gets hardest mix.
• Take the slime and kneading with the both of your hands.
• If  Add 1/4 spoon  to make the slime less sticky.

2. Edible Nutella Slime

Nutella makes the perfect base for this slime recipe. It's incredibly simple, too: just Nutella and marshmallows. Per the recipe, use three marshmallows for every tablespoon of Nutella, soften the marshmallows by popping them in the microwave, then add the Nutella.

Let cool and enjoy! (And, of course, no one is going to judge you if a spoon or two of Nutella "accidentally" ends up in your mouth instead of in the slime.)

3. Cornstarch Slime

This recipe for making slime  has two ingredients — cornstarch and dish soap. If you're trying to avoid soaps altogether, you can use just cornstarch and water for a similar effect.

Any color will do, so let your little slime-obsessed mini-me decide which color slime they'll like to make. In fact, they can be the "big kid" in charge of dropping in the food coloring.